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i think the headline coming out of here for obama, the big deal is the big deal. i think he's going to hold his line on that. republicans have got to figure out what's their next move in the face of that. they've got a number of good options ahead of them. it's how they deal internally first before they go out publicly. >> we have an unusual situation where we have the republicans -- maybe not unusually historically, the very idealogical position, a strong position as michael just said, boehner's game here he has to position himself as a loyalist solid with his base with the right wing base. he can't be seen as somebody in the middle whereas the president wants to be seen as somebody in the middle as commander in chief. >> this is the symmetry we talked about earlier. the president says i'm willing to go up against my party. i'm willing to compromise. i have to give up things that i in my party may not like. will you john boehner make that same pledge. boehner so far is saying no. he can't because he has 80 or so tea party members that won't allow him to do that.
i think the headline coming out of here for obama, the big deal is the big deal. i think he's going to hold his line on that. republicans have got to figure out what's their next move in the face of that. they've got a number of good options ahead of them. it's how they deal internally first before they go out publicly. >> we have an unusual situation where we have the republicans -- maybe not unusually historically, the very idealogical position, a strong position as michael just said,...
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ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. we need to decrease federal spending. we need to decrease our deficit. the last thing we need is to >>> we are following a live debate on the house floor on speaker boehner's debt bill and you may not know it, but the last country to default on the debt was jamaica in 2010. yes, jamaica, the middle income developing country with a population of under 3 million and best known for the tourism and music and island paradise and the visitors from all over the world, and it is also an island nation with one of the most abysmal debt burdens in the world. in the 2009/2010 fiscal year, jamaica's interest payments on the public debt were 45% of the government's expenditure which left hardly any room for spend on anything else. the government was fo
ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. we need to decrease federal spending. we need to decrease our deficit. the last thing we need is to >>> we are following a live debate on the house floor on speaker boehner's...
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still a big wedding. 400 people on the list. the entire royal aunt rage will be there, including the duke and duchess of came braj themselves, as well as prince harry. they're going to a party afterwards at the queen's residents here in edinburgh. this is supposed to last until 2:00 in the morning. there will be rugby players there. it's bound to be eventful. >> how many are supposed to attend? >> 400 are supposed to be there. compare that to the nearly 2,000 that were at william and catherine's wedding ceremony. it's a much smaller scale. we've been asking the palace all week to give us some details, and they won't do it because they say this is a private wedding, and as a private wedding, they're keeping those details close to the vest. zara phillips is 13th in line to the throne as compared to william's second in line to the throne, so they handle the situation very differently, but, you know, this ceremony is really reflective of the couple themselves. they've actually been dating for more than seven years. they're described
still a big wedding. 400 people on the list. the entire royal aunt rage will be there, including the duke and duchess of came braj themselves, as well as prince harry. they're going to a party afterwards at the queen's residents here in edinburgh. this is supposed to last until 2:00 in the morning. there will be rugby players there. it's bound to be eventful. >> how many are supposed to attend? >> 400 are supposed to be there. compare that to the nearly 2,000 that were at william...
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it is a big deal. i think that even if a deal is reached, and i believe there will be one and listening to geithner and members of both sides of the aisle saying that we will not default does not mean that the rating agencies will not downgrade u.s. debt which calls in whole other set of questions from the breadth of the full faith and credit and the collateral issue and the mandate of a lot of of the pension funds and insurance funds to only own triple aç securities is more of the shorter term concern. >> but the longer it goes on, one imagines the longer it affects the markets, and today, all of the markets are down? >> well, it is down, but it is a fairly benign reaction given some of the extreme assumptions of when the asian markets were opening that it is a real disaster. the markets are telling you that they have faith that something is going to get done here and you are seeing it on the equities side and the fixed income side in terms of the ten-year treasury yield, and yeah, it is down, but n
it is a big deal. i think that even if a deal is reached, and i believe there will be one and listening to geithner and members of both sides of the aisle saying that we will not default does not mean that the rating agencies will not downgrade u.s. debt which calls in whole other set of questions from the breadth of the full faith and credit and the collateral issue and the mandate of a lot of of the pension funds and insurance funds to only own triple aç securities is more of the shorter...
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our big story, decision time. president obama is pushing lawmakers to finally agree on a debt cutting plan. he's putting a deadline on it. they've got 24 hours. >> if they show me a serious plan, i'm ready to move. even if it requires some tough decisions on my part. >>> on the table right now a last ditch effort from senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell, it's a plan c that includes a trillion dollars in cuts. but no tax hikes or medicare cuts. it's still not clear if either side can get their party to vote yes. >> our stand on the debt limit has been clear. there can be no tax hikes because tax hikes destroy jobs. we need real spending cuts. and real spending cuts that will exceed the amount of increase many the debt limit. >> it is too late to continue to play partisan games. we need to come together. >> we're at the white house now. republicans are the ones, mike, that made the
our big story, decision time. president obama is pushing lawmakers to finally agree on a debt cutting plan. he's putting a deadline on it. they've got 24 hours. >> if they show me a serious plan, i'm ready to move. even if it requires some tough decisions on my part. >>> on the table right now a last ditch effort from senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell, it's a plan c that includes a trillion dollars in cuts. but no tax hikes or medicare cuts. it's still not clear if...
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we expect the president to continue to push to get a big deal. what's a big deal? about $4 trillion in deaf sigz reductions over the next decade. at the end of last week, it looked like he and speaker boehner were moving towards the same page in terms of trying to get a big deal. that fell apart over the weekend. so we expect the president to resume calls for a big deal to say now is the time to seize the moment. there will be political pain on both sides. what he means by that is the democrats will have to come to the table over entitlements, making small changes to things like social security and medicare and the republicans will need to come to the table in terms of rolling back tax break for wealthy corporations and americans. as you said, richard, he's going to hammer this point that they will continue to work until they get a deal done. >> kristin, we were talking about a crucial 72 hours and the build up to that meeting. what happened? >> as of last thursday, it seemed like both the president and speaker boehner were trying to sell this big deal, this $4 tri
we expect the president to continue to push to get a big deal. what's a big deal? about $4 trillion in deaf sigz reductions over the next decade. at the end of last week, it looked like he and speaker boehner were moving towards the same page in terms of trying to get a big deal. that fell apart over the weekend. so we expect the president to resume calls for a big deal to say now is the time to seize the moment. there will be political pain on both sides. what he means by that is the democrats...
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. >>> another big story we're following. renewed unrest in the middle east. activists inside syria say dozens have been killed as syria ramps up crockdown of activists in front of rama dad. tanks stormed hama before dawn today, killing 62 people in a barrage of shelling and gunfire. hama has seen some of the largest anti government protests. >>> the fate of the two jailed american hikers in iran will be announced within the week according to the hikers' lawyer and a syrian official. they were arrested along the iran/iraq border fortress passing and spying for the u.s. today's news dashes hopes they would be released immediately after the day's final hearing in their case. has a best-in-class driving range of over 500 miles per tank. so you can catch morning tee time in pebble beach and the afternoon meeting in los angeles all without running out of gas. just make sure you don't run out of gas. ♪ but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with uni
. >>> another big story we're following. renewed unrest in the middle east. activists inside syria say dozens have been killed as syria ramps up crockdown of activists in front of rama dad. tanks stormed hama before dawn today, killing 62 people in a barrage of shelling and gunfire. hama has seen some of the largest anti government protests. >>> the fate of the two jailed american hikers in iran will be announced within the week according to the hikers' lawyer and a syrian...
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the fs the big red blob moving on shore. as soon as it got to the coast and dry land in texas, poof, all of a sudden don was gone. it looks like scattered showers and storms in texas during the day. this wasn't the answer we were hoping for. not a lot of wet weather on the map. there are some showers and storms in northern m mo. your forecast for today rain likely, more or less in mexico not in texas. hot weather for dallas one again. warm and sunny in the northeast. sunday forecast we should see a lot of thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic and the monsoonal showers and storms will continue in the four corners region. a lit of disappointment in texas. it didn't come true. hopefully we'll get another weak tropical system later in the season. >> keep it right here. we will have a live report from corpus christie, texas, coming up. >>> meantime, the search for a missing new hampshire girl, whab haven't police issued an amber alert? >>> back to court, the battle over dna evidence heats up in amanda knox' appeal in italy. >>> what
the fs the big red blob moving on shore. as soon as it got to the coast and dry land in texas, poof, all of a sudden don was gone. it looks like scattered showers and storms in texas during the day. this wasn't the answer we were hoping for. not a lot of wet weather on the map. there are some showers and storms in northern m mo. your forecast for today rain likely, more or less in mexico not in texas. hot weather for dallas one again. warm and sunny in the northeast. sunday forecast we should...
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that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to step up and say what he would do. he gets an "a" just for effort. i think the result is, a very solid plan. because remember, what we're talking about is cutting the growth and spending. washington budget is not a kitchen table budget situation. we are talking about cutting four trillion or six trillion over 10 years sounds like a huge amount. it is cutting the growth. it is not cutting back on a situation that is at an all-time high. >> sean: do you think what we see happening in greece, spain, italy, portugal and europe, do you think that is going t
that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to...
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the all-time record is the big, big heat of 1980 when they went 42 days in a row. today should be day 29, and look at this. they're going to get up into the 30s. look how hot it is on tuesday and wednesday. we have a chance of beating this incredible streak that no one thought we would touch from 1908, one of the hottest summers ever in the midwest. today's forecast -- actually, this is sunday's forecast first. tomorrow we're going to see those thunderstorms in the southeast. monsoonal showers. no one is really going to get washed out. the best chance would be in eastern north carolina. because i mixed up the days, here's your saturday with today's forecast. looks like the rain from don is going to stay whatever is left in mexico. showers and storms and areas of tennessee. it's just amazing that we just can't break this heat wave. it's literally going to take probably a big tropical storm or hurricane to do that, and there's nothing on the way for at least another week. >> okay. well, thanks for taking a look out there for us. bill karins. >>> biologists say they'r
the all-time record is the big, big heat of 1980 when they went 42 days in a row. today should be day 29, and look at this. they're going to get up into the 30s. look how hot it is on tuesday and wednesday. we have a chance of beating this incredible streak that no one thought we would touch from 1908, one of the hottest summers ever in the midwest. today's forecast -- actually, this is sunday's forecast first. tomorrow we're going to see those thunderstorms in the southeast. monsoonal showers....
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that is b-b-billion with a b, as in a mighty big number. we lost $32 billion just waiting around for the chance to go. say what you want about tax breaks for the rich. but if you're stuck in traffic, your mercedes is stuck right along next to my chevy. and heaven forbid that a bridge falls down, because we are all in this together. rich, poor, whatever. infrastructure is like that. it's the ultimate expression of collective will, where everyone pays and everyone benefits. we are, after all, stakeholders in our nation. if stuff like a water main breaks, you can go ahead and think of that water main as your water main, because it is. and what if we left the stuff that we own, our stuff, just fall apart? now, we have been talking on this show about happens if congress lets america default on its debt. if they create a situation where america can't pay its bills. the bipartisan policy center has scenarios for that. and the first of them is that we would cut off $5.6 billion for stuff like highways and trains and airports. think about the long-t
that is b-b-billion with a b, as in a mighty big number. we lost $32 billion just waiting around for the chance to go. say what you want about tax breaks for the rich. but if you're stuck in traffic, your mercedes is stuck right along next to my chevy. and heaven forbid that a bridge falls down, because we are all in this together. rich, poor, whatever. infrastructure is like that. it's the ultimate expression of collective will, where everyone pays and everyone benefits. we are, after all,...
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let's look for the big fix. the president says, luke, let's go for the big fix and now the republicans are going, wait a minute. what gives? luke. >> politics is the art of the possible. a lot of folks on capitol hill feel right now that a short-term solution is the only thing possible because of the eight-day time window that you mentioned. that being said, there are two very different plans which you talked about in the introduction which are going through capitol hill right now. speaker boehner plan is going to have an extension, which gets us through the wipter. i'm told that speaker boehner's going to brief his house republican conference at 2:00 p.m. about the details of that plan. won't get extremely specific. then for all intensive purposes it looks from discussions i've had with certain aides that you can see as early as wednesday a house of representatives votes on speaker boehner's plan. harry reid is going to go his own way with a $2.7 trillion reduction plan across the board. both of these contessa
let's look for the big fix. the president says, luke, let's go for the big fix and now the republicans are going, wait a minute. what gives? luke. >> politics is the art of the possible. a lot of folks on capitol hill feel right now that a short-term solution is the only thing possible because of the eight-day time window that you mentioned. that being said, there are two very different plans which you talked about in the introduction which are going through capitol hill right now....
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really no big changes out there. the heat, the worst of it on the east coast will be on friday. >> wait for friday there. but, still you look at dallas, like you say. over a hundred again. >>> time for some sports now. a crazy night in atlanta. the braves hosting the pirates. let's start in ninth inning with a squeeze play by pittsburgh. the braves, though, sniffed it out. the pitchout to nail michael mckenry at third. wow, great call from the dug jouchlt we go to extra innings. julio lugo grounds out to end the inning. so keep moving on to the 16th. pittsburgh's lyle overbay ripped it down the line, but the rookie freddie freeman making a cupping. the pirates fans wanting this thing to be over. with go to the bottom of the 18th inning. a base hit will whip it for tlachblt ronny cedeno there to make the play. we're still tied at three. 19th inning, it's late. folks in the crowd starting to get a little bit weird. here we go. julio lugo tries to score. he's out by a mile, right? the umpire calls him safe. jerl nee jer
really no big changes out there. the heat, the worst of it on the east coast will be on friday. >> wait for friday there. but, still you look at dallas, like you say. over a hundred again. >>> time for some sports now. a crazy night in atlanta. the braves hosting the pirates. let's start in ninth inning with a squeeze play by pittsburgh. the braves, though, sniffed it out. the pitchout to nail michael mckenry at third. wow, great call from the dug jouchlt we go to extra innings....
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that's going to require these big solid -- or these big heavy lift rockets which at the moment we don't have but there's an argument over well, why not use what we do have and expand upon it? >> which would be parts of the shuttle. >> exactly. >> but there is a mandate from congress, though, to build these rockets, these heavy lift rockets that will be needed. a lot of talk is surrounding orion. but the bottom line is, as jay barbree was so eloquent in discussing earlier during our coverage, you need these heavy lift rockets to get orion or anything embassy out thelse out. and we know on the list of goals perhaps an asteroid, as i mentioned, or even mars. but there's also controversy over the constellation program, which was scrapped in favor of the obama administration saying hey, let's look at privatization, let's look at people like, for example, the man who created paypal and see what they're able to produce. i understand we have barbree, who's standing by with us. jay, congratulations. another excellent job on your part. to hear the words coming from your mouth saying perfect was s
that's going to require these big solid -- or these big heavy lift rockets which at the moment we don't have but there's an argument over well, why not use what we do have and expand upon it? >> which would be parts of the shuttle. >> exactly. >> but there is a mandate from congress, though, to build these rockets, these heavy lift rockets that will be needed. a lot of talk is surrounding orion. but the bottom line is, as jay barbree was so eloquent in discussing earlier...
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. >>> the big story today, political poker, washington upping the ante. good afternoon, my name is dylan ratigan. nice to be seeing you. put on your poker face, my friends. president obama summoning congressional leaders back to the white house. first the democrats go with the -- the republicans shortly thereafter. they say they have a bipartisan proposal. we'll see how bernie sanders feels about it. it won't be done in time to raise the desert ceiling. all bets are on a short-term -- expect some sort of gang of six, reid/mcconnell hybrid deal. all you really need to know, whatever this deal is, it does nothing to address the structural causes of our deficit and joblessness from tax reform to trade reform to bank reform. instead you have politicians cutting things that are politically desirable for their constituents so that the politicians can try to keep their jobs while preventing us, the american people, from getting the structural improvements, banks trade, et cetera, that we all so desperately need. the pro wrestling continues. can you keep your job
. >>> the big story today, political poker, washington upping the ante. good afternoon, my name is dylan ratigan. nice to be seeing you. put on your poker face, my friends. president obama summoning congressional leaders back to the white house. first the democrats go with the -- the republicans shortly thereafter. they say they have a bipartisan proposal. we'll see how bernie sanders feels about it. it won't be done in time to raise the desert ceiling. all bets are on a short-term --...
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that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to step up and say what he would do. he gets an "a" just for effort. i think the result is, a very solid plan. because remember, what we're talking about is cutting the growth and spending. washington budget is not a kitchen table budget situation. we are talking about cutting four trillion or six trillion over 10 years sounds like a huge amount. it is cutting the growth. it is not cutting back on a situation that is at an all-time high. >> sean: do you think what we see happening in greece, spain, italy, portugal and europe, do you think that is going t
that's a big number for a state. you cut taxes. net cuts of 20 billion dollars total: the president will not deal with medicaid, medicare, social security reform. the bigger part of our budget. he just added a new entitlement, health care. they won't seem to touch it. rejected it and ridiculed paul ryan. >> paul ryan put together a plan scored by the congressional budget office that is detailed enough that people can critique it if, you will. the only person who has had the courage to...
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. >> to have this big debate in public before there's a crisis. in greece you know, usausterity debates come after. now before the crisis hits, you're saying it's not eminent and have it again in the election year is good. >> we're not addressing our problems. this is the point. do you believe actually that cutting at this time is going to create jobs? i mean, that's the crisis. there is, in fact, a crisis that's going on right now. >> taxes at this point -- >> there are people across this country without work. peel under incredible economic stress right now. that's the crisis. there is a crisis. >> lowering tax rates at this time will create jobbed. >> right now there's a -- just if we could introduce the fact here, right now the federal tax take is at 15% gdp. that is incredibly -- hang on. hang on. so that is incredibly low. it's incredibly low by global standards. >> yeah. >> industrialized countries, incredibly low by u.s. historical standards. >> 6070 years. >> to have an argument in which the core premise of one of the party's arguing that
. >> to have this big debate in public before there's a crisis. in greece you know, usausterity debates come after. now before the crisis hits, you're saying it's not eminent and have it again in the election year is good. >> we're not addressing our problems. this is the point. do you believe actually that cutting at this time is going to create jobs? i mean, that's the crisis. there is, in fact, a crisis that's going on right now. >> taxes at this point -- >> there are...
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a big deal for that matter? >> no. i think frankly the pressure is on the president of the united states. he has shown such a terrible lack of leadership in this entire debate. tara mentions, of course, that the president has been willing to compromise. i can't thij think of one area where he's shown a willingness to compromise with republicans. the republicans have consistently put their plans in writing. the other thing that the administration is being so irresponsible about is saying, oh, if we have a default, it's going to crash the markets. we take in $200 billion a month in the united states. we can pay our priorities. >> tara almost fell off her chair. >> i did almost fall off my chair. i think that this is completely false what you're saying. first of all, the president did lay out a plan. he laid out a plan earlier this t year to cut the deficit and the debt $4 trillion over the course of 12 years. when that plan didn't move forward, he showed willingness to compromise again and put forth a plan $4 tril
a big deal for that matter? >> no. i think frankly the pressure is on the president of the united states. he has shown such a terrible lack of leadership in this entire debate. tara mentions, of course, that the president has been willing to compromise. i can't thij think of one area where he's shown a willingness to compromise with republicans. the republicans have consistently put their plans in writing. the other thing that the administration is being so irresponsible about is saying,...
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he is a big loser. but he was afraid he would be an even bigger loser. which is why they changed the bill. i think he felt that if last night he brought it to a vote and he lost, that the tea party types, a lot of other people in the republican party bo come after his speakership. look, this pizza legislation today and ed rendell is right, it is not going anywhere, you're absolutely right. in fact, john mccain said conditioning the debt limit increase on a balanced budget amendment is a fraud. this legislation odd todd isn't about saving the full faith and credit of the united states, it is about saving john boehner's speakership. >> the final vote, they are actually voting right now on this third plan now that would call for even more cuts that would call for a balanced budget to pass both houses and go to the states. didn't have to be ratified for the states before they raise the second limit but it would have to pass oath houses and they are voting right now live this is the main vote that expected to pass. after the speaker, who i'm calling now the w
he is a big loser. but he was afraid he would be an even bigger loser. which is why they changed the bill. i think he felt that if last night he brought it to a vote and he lost, that the tea party types, a lot of other people in the republican party bo come after his speakership. look, this pizza legislation today and ed rendell is right, it is not going anywhere, you're absolutely right. in fact, john mccain said conditioning the debt limit increase on a balanced budget amendment is a fraud....
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but, again, president wants to see a big deal get done, and by big he would like to see about $2 trillion. that's a figure that we're hearing in cuts over the next 2e7b yea ten years or so. >> thanks so much, kristen welker at the white house. a preview of tomorrow. >>> has it all come down to a game of chicken between the president and the congress as we head into next year's election or can the two parties come together in a rare bipartisan effort to actually do what's right for the country? ezra klein is columnist for the "washington post." you've been watching this twitter conference, this news briefing that we've been watching, all the questions coming to the president, and you noticed one question you were watching. >> a fascinating one from nick kristof at the "new york times," and he laid out basically an alternative reality which is what if the debt ceiling had been raised in the tax deal. people were arguing the president should have done that. the tax dealincreased the deficit by $850 billion. it was a moment in which the administration had real leverage on the republicans. the
but, again, president wants to see a big deal get done, and by big he would like to see about $2 trillion. that's a figure that we're hearing in cuts over the next 2e7b yea ten years or so. >> thanks so much, kristen welker at the white house. a preview of tomorrow. >>> has it all come down to a game of chicken between the president and the congress as we head into next year's election or can the two parties come together in a rare bipartisan effort to actually do what's right...
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as far as the white house is concern it's time to do something big. what does big mean? apparently on the administration side or democratic side means something over $2 trillion often years. the president is willing to make use in entitlement, put that on the table if taxes are also left on the table. >> we need to take on spending in domestic programs. in defense programs. in entitlement programs. and we need to take on spending in the tax code. spending on certain tax breaks and deductions for the wealthiest of americans. it's my hope that everybody will leave their ultimatums at the door, we'll all leave our political rhetoric at the door. >> in response speaker boehner issued a tough statement which surprised some on the other end of pennsylvania avenue. he said quote i'm happy they discuss these issues at the white house but these discussions will be fruitless until the president recognizes economic and legislative reality. this could be good politics for john borne. what's going on here? the white house and speaker boehner actually have the same motivation, it's 20
as far as the white house is concern it's time to do something big. what does big mean? apparently on the administration side or democratic side means something over $2 trillion often years. the president is willing to make use in entitlement, put that on the table if taxes are also left on the table. >> we need to take on spending in domestic programs. in defense programs. in entitlement programs. and we need to take on spending in the tax code. spending on certain tax breaks and...
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this is a big deal. i was there at the beginning when don't ask, don't tell was first put in place by bill clinton. reluctantly but around pressure from the joint chiefs. this has been a difficult history politically. horrendous for so many men and women in the military. thousands over this decade. >> absolutely. a lot of the argument back a couple years ago to repeal it was that the military was losing qualified people especially linguists were forced out because of their sexual orientation. it's also seen -- this repeal is seen as a very, very big win for gays and lesbians who are key supporters of the democrats and president obama. as you'll recall back in the fall he got heckled a couple of times. there's been constant pressure of him to remove the ban and this is going to be something that will go a long way towards having been reenthused about his campaign and re-election process. >> with legislation then for the past year, the service chiefs have been going and surveying people in the mill tar and
this is a big deal. i was there at the beginning when don't ask, don't tell was first put in place by bill clinton. reluctantly but around pressure from the joint chiefs. this has been a difficult history politically. horrendous for so many men and women in the military. thousands over this decade. >> absolutely. a lot of the argument back a couple years ago to repeal it was that the military was losing qualified people especially linguists were forced out because of their sexual...
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there's big battles over the budget. the democrats are getting push back because they went along with governor chris christie. they just slashed benefits for state employees. it's got to be a topic that come ups again if you're elected. how would you move forward on that knowing on the one hand you have state employees who want their benefits in the other, new jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. >> we know we have the highest property taxes. with the governor slashing the communities it's raising the taxes in those communities. what we need to do is understand that i am 100% for collective bargaining. we fortunate have a situation where that grandfathers in and goes away. the future is now new jerseyians coming together making sure that we continue to push our good schools. we have great schools in jersey. my biggest thing is we have to strive to be the best. we're cutting women's services and all these areas. the reality is that's just passing it on to someone else. >> we were talking about why you chos
there's big battles over the budget. the democrats are getting push back because they went along with governor chris christie. they just slashed benefits for state employees. it's got to be a topic that come ups again if you're elected. how would you move forward on that knowing on the one hand you have state employees who want their benefits in the other, new jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. >> we know we have the highest property taxes. with the governor slashing the...
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a 100 percent. ♪ >>> our government is too big. we have a government that spends too much, and we're bankrupting future generations, and we're not going to change that until we change this town. and we are falling off a financial cliff and unless we finally do something about this debt, we're placing on the backs of our kids and our grandkids, we'll never recover. >> i won't place one more dollar of debt upon the backs of my kids and grandkids unless we structurally reform the way this town spends money. i'm a freshman, maybe i'm naive, but i don't think unless we force -- unless we force republicans and democrats to balance their books every year, they won't. the only way we can do that is to force them. >> people don't want to be financially responsible, you got to force them to do it. that's the message on the debt ceiling debate being preached this week by tea party republican joe walsh. really, congressman walsh should know. that's pretty much how he became a congressman. when joe walsh launched his bid for congress, it was th
a 100 percent. ♪ >>> our government is too big. we have a government that spends too much, and we're bankrupting future generations, and we're not going to change that until we change this town. and we are falling off a financial cliff and unless we finally do something about this debt, we're placing on the backs of our kids and our grandkids, we'll never recover. >> i won't place one more dollar of debt upon the backs of my kids and grandkids unless we structurally reform the...
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the stunning events playing out in the house could mean big losses on wall street and beyond as this debt ceiling battle pushes down to the wire. for the very latest on today's trading session i'm delighted to welcome back jim cramer host of msnbc's "mad money" and jim, can i begin with the staggering news that apple company is holding more money than the government with over $76 billion and the government with $73 billion and maybe we should ask steve jobs for a handout. >> i did a piece on "mad money" last week which the thought was that the idea that maybe we should have iusa, and in other words, if apple were to put some of the skills together with the government, we would end up with a incredibly powerful government to take over china as opposed the china take us over and astounding the world with the best products. apple is an amazing company and it is not necessarily a reflection of the united states, because every company is jealous oapple, too. >> well, we have had seriously further indication of the recession not lifting anything like we thought with growth revised down for
the stunning events playing out in the house could mean big losses on wall street and beyond as this debt ceiling battle pushes down to the wire. for the very latest on today's trading session i'm delighted to welcome back jim cramer host of msnbc's "mad money" and jim, can i begin with the staggering news that apple company is holding more money than the government with over $76 billion and the government with $73 billion and maybe we should ask steve jobs for a handout. >> i...
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the way you put into perspective just how big this is. right now we're learning that police are looking at the offices of yet another tabloid reported to be "the daily star sunday." we don't have a police confirmation of that yet. but the press wires in the uk are reporting that this other newsroom now is being investigated by police. and you have the arrest of a former editor of the "news of the world" this morning who, as you mentioned, was also the press director for the current prime minister, david cameron. look at some of these headlines today all over the other newspapers, of course. "good-bye cruel world." and this one, "hacked to death." a lot of people feel that it was the right thing to do to close the newspaper. it came as a surprise to some but not to others, considering that these major advertisers were immediately pulling out of the "news of the world." and also the company is trying to take over a pay tv company that's worth $8 billion, and plenty of analysts thought that it was just the right thing to do to close the "new
the way you put into perspective just how big this is. right now we're learning that police are looking at the offices of yet another tabloid reported to be "the daily star sunday." we don't have a police confirmation of that yet. but the press wires in the uk are reporting that this other newsroom now is being investigated by police. and you have the arrest of a former editor of the "news of the world" this morning who, as you mentioned, was also the press director for the...
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the show starts right now. >>> the big story today, boiling point. good afternoon, i'm matt miller in for dylan ratigan as dylan continues book on his upcoming book "greedy bastards." the debt debate
the show starts right now. >>> the big story today, boiling point. good afternoon, i'm matt miller in for dylan ratigan as dylan continues book on his upcoming book "greedy bastards." the debt debate
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they're going to protect the big three. they want some revenue increases although the two plans on the table don't have that. so we still could be a long way from some kind of conclusion. obama associate told me today that if the president had an extension come to his desk, he feels that president would be obligated to sign it. what's the president going to do? not sign an extension? let the economy default? that's not a very good option. joining us now live from capitol hill, house minority whip steny hoyer of maryland. congressman, great to have you with us tonight. it has been a whirlwind of news. i'll just ask you straight up, what can you tell us at this hour? where are we? >> i think what we're seeing, ed, is a stark example of why we could not no matter what we did come to a compromise with the republicans. their leader wanted to do that. but the party of no is saying no to their own deal. the party of no is putting at risk the american taxpayer, the american family and america itself. i think the american public has
they're going to protect the big three. they want some revenue increases although the two plans on the table don't have that. so we still could be a long way from some kind of conclusion. obama associate told me today that if the president had an extension come to his desk, he feels that president would be obligated to sign it. what's the president going to do? not sign an extension? let the economy default? that's not a very good option. joining us now live from capitol hill, house minority...
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i think the big difference is the extent, the time. and he didn't mention that in this, so he's no longer safe yi that it has to get us past 2012. that is also one of the big sticking points is how long will the debt ceiling extension be. >> all right. we're just getting a note here from the associated press. do we still have dave weigel there and emily? >> still here, chris. >> all right, i don't know if either of you heard this, but the house gop is said now that it's going to change the stalled bill and the vote could come as soon as sometime today. what would you expect that to be, dave? >> if they actually hold a vote, that means they won a few people over. there were a couple of problems, some members had, with the pell grant payments in this bill. and if they change that, then they get a bill that can at least move out of the house. but we're talking about real kabuki here. if they end up changing that component to get a few more of those votes, that's the kind of thing that might be tweaked again later for when this returns to
i think the big difference is the extent, the time. and he didn't mention that in this, so he's no longer safe yi that it has to get us past 2012. that is also one of the big sticking points is how long will the debt ceiling extension be. >> all right. we're just getting a note here from the associated press. do we still have dave weigel there and emily? >> still here, chris. >> all right, i don't know if either of you heard this, but the house gop is said now that it's going...
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that was the big of the issue going into this. what appears to be coming out of this, about a 52/48 for ownership. what are they worth? about $200 million this year. a lot more later in the deal. that's on that side of the fence. the owners get a nice victory there. a lot of thing for the playerswe talked about health and safety. a lot of reduced off-seasons and contracts. next off-season may look light this season when they're locked out. the other thing, technical. now teams have to spend -- usually there's a cap to worry about the upper limit. now the lower limit. teams that have underspent have to spend up. $20 million we are year per team pap great thing. i always told the players, get them to bend pop don't worry about the cowboys and redskins that always bend, get the teams that don't to bend. you have upspending by the whole nfl, which helps players immensely. >> dave when i hear about all the owners, some of america's leading capitalists talking about carving up the pie and spending requirements, it always sounds like the
that was the big of the issue going into this. what appears to be coming out of this, about a 52/48 for ownership. what are they worth? about $200 million this year. a lot more later in the deal. that's on that side of the fence. the owners get a nice victory there. a lot of thing for the playerswe talked about health and safety. a lot of reduced off-seasons and contracts. next off-season may look light this season when they're locked out. the other thing, technical. now teams have to spend --...
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so let's break it down with the big boys. charlie cook, publish of the cook report and stu, editor of the rot then berg political report. >> he's already making fat jokes. >> by the way, it's louisiana week. i had john brill here yesterday and i get charlie today. we can look at where we are, busting out the ipad. i know that you guys love this. it's a 53/47 majority. they have to net four or three if republicans get the presidency. so let's look at the best opportunity for stu for the republican. we put up, you seem to collectively agree, six states that are already leaning republican or pure toss ups. >> north dakota was in the bank already. it's a good, open seat. and then after that you go to three or four races and i think even money for the republicans and you have to like how they started. that would be nebraska, montana, or missouri in difficult states fundamentally leaning states. >> look, charlie cook, you take those four, pure toss ups all the way to election day, take those other four. of those four, which ones sh
so let's break it down with the big boys. charlie cook, publish of the cook report and stu, editor of the rot then berg political report. >> he's already making fat jokes. >> by the way, it's louisiana week. i had john brill here yesterday and i get charlie today. we can look at where we are, busting out the ipad. i know that you guys love this. it's a 53/47 majority. they have to net four or three if republicans get the presidency. so let's look at the best opportunity for stu for...
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way too big of a government. that is what has changed. a huge increase in spending, and that is why we are insisting that that's what we have got to get under control. >> senator tumoomey, thank you r joining me. >> thank you for having me. >>> and now, here are the numbers off what is happening and the reaction there and as we see the dow jones down by 44 and the s&p down by almost 3.00 and the nasdaq composite almost down by 3.00, so modest losses as well on this monday, and we will continue to watch the indicator there of what may be to come. >>> today, police have significantly lowered the death toll from the shooting in norway. in oslo, there is a ceremony ofç solace, and the original death toll has been dropped from 93 to 76. this morning the man who confessed to the massacre said he wanted to save the nation from immigration. we want to get the latest from jay gray in oslo. >> yes, thomas, two sides of the story unfolding here in oslo, and a very big day, and first, let's start with the court drama that happened earlier in the day
way too big of a government. that is what has changed. a huge increase in spending, and that is why we are insisting that that's what we have got to get under control. >> senator tumoomey, thank you r joining me. >> thank you for having me. >>> and now, here are the numbers off what is happening and the reaction there and as we see the dow jones down by 44 and the s&p down by almost 3.00 and the nasdaq composite almost down by 3.00, so modest losses as well on this...
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that's a big number. it's also a number that's just about been agreed to as part to have biden talks. what i heard the president say today is i can go along with that if that's the price of getting the debt ceiling raised. and still not have any tax hikes. i can do that, if we get more than that in spending cuts, i can't do that unless we raise taxes, too. when chuck says he'll sign what comes to him, i'm curious if it can get above $1 trillion and it will be in the negotiations. here's the bigger point. the bigger point is the president has the political interest to do something big. he wanted to say i dealt with the deficit. i was the one to bring both sides together. it hasn't happened. he does want to frame that post debate that 2012 debate. let's fight about taxes. let's fight about what the american people want. he said, republicans are stand manager the way. the american people want a balanced approach. cut spending, yes. but raise some taxes, too so we can get to a balanced approach to dealing wit
that's a big number. it's also a number that's just about been agreed to as part to have biden talks. what i heard the president say today is i can go along with that if that's the price of getting the debt ceiling raised. and still not have any tax hikes. i can do that, if we get more than that in spending cuts, i can't do that unless we raise taxes, too. when chuck says he'll sign what comes to him, i'm curious if it can get above $1 trillion and it will be in the negotiations. here's the...
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. >>> now to our other top story, several big developments in the explosive hacking scandal threatening rupert murdoch's media empire. earlier today, news corp suddenly called off its $12 billion bid to take over british sky broadcasting, the largest satellite broadcaster and hours before parliament was scheduled to vote against that deal. also today, prime minister david cameron said he would look into allegations that 9/11 victims were targeted in the scandal and here at home, new york senator jay rockefeller wants the fbi to look into whether the scandal has crossed the pond. rockefeller and others want to know if news corp's papers have broken u.s. laws and spied on people here in the states. nbc's stephanie gosk joins us now from london. there was pressure for news corp to pull out of this deal, and they caved into the pressure here. >> reporter: british politicians are much like american politicians, don't agree on much, but came together over this issue. they felt that murdoch needed to back off of this deal, a multi-billion deal to acquire bskyb, the largest merger or acquisitio
. >>> now to our other top story, several big developments in the explosive hacking scandal threatening rupert murdoch's media empire. earlier today, news corp suddenly called off its $12 billion bid to take over british sky broadcasting, the largest satellite broadcaster and hours before parliament was scheduled to vote against that deal. also today, prime minister david cameron said he would look into allegations that 9/11 victims were targeted in the scandal and here at home, new...
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it's so big you can see it from spras. the world economic forum keeps the list of infrastructure quality in the world, our ranking has fallen to 23. 23rd in the world in terms of quality of our infrastructure. usa. 23rd? seriously? but if you listen the way this gets talked about in washington, you might think there's hope for us to get back in the game here. president obama talked about how he not only wants to invest in infrastructure, but he thinks he might be able to bring republicans around to that idea as well. >> at a time when interest rates are very low, contract workers are looking for work, and the need is there, that is something that could make a huge positive intact on the economy overall, and it's an example of making an investment now that ends up having huge payoffs down the road we haven't got the kind of cooperation on those types of ideas and initiatives, but i'm going to keep on trying, and eventually the speaker will see the light. >> by speaker he means john boehner. congressman john micah in florida
it's so big you can see it from spras. the world economic forum keeps the list of infrastructure quality in the world, our ranking has fallen to 23. 23rd in the world in terms of quality of our infrastructure. usa. 23rd? seriously? but if you listen the way this gets talked about in washington, you might think there's hope for us to get back in the game here. president obama talked about how he not only wants to invest in infrastructure, but he thinks he might be able to bring republicans...
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just got a little too big for their grief it is thinking that riches do they know how to read it because i think the part where it stated we do not forgive we do not forget expect us was fairly well defined and self evident as you all know if you don't watch the show every day it must be because you hate america fortunately golf pirate has provided us with an easy way to hate america and i have to say i hate america most because of its proximity to canada and the reputation we get by association. and a request we need your help fulfilling comes from the ada lois the tubes when you get to d. minus twelve will you please play blow my buzz by d. twelve m. and m. anderson friends are all the pot heads didn't think so didn't think so if you can get his written permission to use it from the copyright holder with the name of the song name of copy or name of composer slash rights holder name of artist slush group and the genre i'd be happy to because the minus twelve is going to be one of them days when you know us just want to chill out and all that effort to be all in your ear and shit you kno
just got a little too big for their grief it is thinking that riches do they know how to read it because i think the part where it stated we do not forgive we do not forget expect us was fairly well defined and self evident as you all know if you don't watch the show every day it must be because you hate america fortunately golf pirate has provided us with an easy way to hate america and i have to say i hate america most because of its proximity to canada and the reputation we get by...
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big cuts over at the white house you could say. white house. the 50-foot-tall iconic elm tree on the north lawn was chopped down after being damaged in a thunderstorm this past sunday. how long had it stood at the white house drooiway? 29 years. a teenage tree when it arrived at the white house. it was planted under ronald reagan back in '82. a big change in landscape at the white house. 29 years of history coming down. tonight's big number. >>> up next, right off a cliff, the tax tea party right is pushing republicans away from any deal on the debt. are republicans willing to tank the economy to keep their base happy? every day you live with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis could be another day you're living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you by asking your rheumatologist about humira. for many adult patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis humira has been proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. humira's use in patients with ra has been evaluated in multiple studies during the
big cuts over at the white house you could say. white house. the 50-foot-tall iconic elm tree on the north lawn was chopped down after being damaged in a thunderstorm this past sunday. how long had it stood at the white house drooiway? 29 years. a teenage tree when it arrived at the white house. it was planted under ronald reagan back in '82. a big change in landscape at the white house. 29 years of history coming down. tonight's big number. >>> up next, right off a cliff, the tax tea...
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big cuts over at the white house you could say. white house. the 50-foot-tall iconic elm tree on the north lawn was chopped down after being damaged in a thunderstorm this past sunday. how long had it stood at the white house driveway? 29 years. a teenage tree when it arrived at the white house. it was planted under ronald reagan back in '82. a big change in landscape at the white house. 29 years of history coming down. tonight's big number. >>> up next, right off a cliff, the anti-tax tea party right is pushing republicans away from any deal on the debt. are republicans willing to tank the economy to keep their base happy? you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. introducing the schwab mobile app. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone
big cuts over at the white house you could say. white house. the 50-foot-tall iconic elm tree on the north lawn was chopped down after being damaged in a thunderstorm this past sunday. how long had it stood at the white house driveway? 29 years. a teenage tree when it arrived at the white house. it was planted under ronald reagan back in '82. a big change in landscape at the white house. 29 years of history coming down. tonight's big number. >>> up next, right off a cliff, the anti-tax...
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big difference. how anti-republican tea partiers are suggesting funding. $13 million in federal spending for a port project in ray lahood's district. why did he want that money? at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, congressman finger said, we just wanted to make sure we could do everything possible to create jobs, this was a part we could play. having pocketed that money for his district because he said it would create jobs, two days later congressman finger voted to cut billions of dollars of transportation funding federally. he put out a press release -- if you ask one tea party republican freshman congressman in tennessee. over $10 million in federal infrastructure spending in his own district can create jobs. that kind of spending anywhere else is out of control and reckless and he's against it. if you ask the top infrastructure guy for the republicans in the house, whether infrastructure spending can create jobs, he says, yes, funding can create jobs. he's all for it, until he votes to cut it by a th
big difference. how anti-republican tea partiers are suggesting funding. $13 million in federal spending for a port project in ray lahood's district. why did he want that money? at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, congressman finger said, we just wanted to make sure we could do everything possible to create jobs, this was a part we could play. having pocketed that money for his district because he said it would create jobs, two days later congressman finger voted to cut billions of dollars of...
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a big change in landscape there at the white house. 29 years of history coming down tonight's big number. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. up next "your business." and it always points true north. toward mountains of sand. toward new sights and sensations. toward the true bounty of nature so let's set our compass for traverse city and find ourselves. in the magic, and the moments of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. [ female announcer ] of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings. go it's one a day menopause formula. the only complete multivitamin with soy isoflavones to help address hot flashes and mild mood changes. one a day menopause formula. perdue is the first and the only chicken company to have usda-process-verified programs for fresh all-natural chicken. [ joe ] we never have used steroids or hormones of any type, and always raised cage-free. we're trying to make a better chicken. you can do this... get the ball. get the ball, girl. hmmm, you can't do that. but you can do this. it's the simple things. scientifically formulated bengay pain
a big change in landscape there at the white house. 29 years of history coming down tonight's big number. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. up next "your business." and it always points true north. toward mountains of sand. toward new sights and sensations. toward the true bounty of nature so let's set our compass for traverse city and find ourselves. in the magic, and the moments of pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. [ female announcer ] of...
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the republican party has to rethink is it in favor of big spending cuts? yes. and balancing the budget down the sfrood yes. but you have to look at revenues in some fashion. you cannot be that ideological. >> they have to show the ability to govern. at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they can win a political policy argument. >> we're debating their argument. we're debating how much to cut spending. >> but the trust in them governing is the issue now that they have to overcome. >> and one other thing. i really think that we are underestimating the reaction on the left progressive, whatever you want to call it. the progressive caucus, democrats are really angry at the president. >> where do they go though? it is interesting, normally you'd say maybe there will be a primary challenge, maybe there will be a draft russ feingold, bernie sanders. you couldn't see this show up in the president personally. there's this loyalty to him that he has that seems to bridge that divide between what are progressive elites versus the progressives in public opinion. >> lac
the republican party has to rethink is it in favor of big spending cuts? yes. and balancing the budget down the sfrood yes. but you have to look at revenues in some fashion. you cannot be that ideological. >> they have to show the ability to govern. at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they can win a political policy argument. >> we're debating their argument. we're debating how much to cut spending. >> but the trust in them governing is the issue now that they have to...
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